As Apples fans are eagerly awaiting tim cook to get back on stage and announce new products
like the 27 iMac and Mac Mini, we just got confirmation on 3 specific Apple products
that are getting ready to launch and ship very soon here in early 2022.
2 of them we anticipated, but there's one product that makes absolutely no sense, at least
initially, and in this video we’ll cover what that is, and why Apple would be replacing it so early.
This info comes from Eurasian Economic Commission database filings pointing to 3 products
being imported into India and getting prepped to launch soon! This has me really excited for the
possibilities because as you’ve probably seen, lately we’ve been getting disappointment after
disappointment with many new product release dates getting delayed.
But at the same time, some people are going to be quite confused
and upset if the device they just bought is getting replaced,
but I’ll explain why it makes sense, and how these products will fit together in Apple's lineup.
The first of these 3 products is of course the new iPhone SE 3.
We’ve been looking forward to this phone the past few months because
everyone has been expecting it to finally be updated and drop the old iPhone 7 design,
finally getting rid of the home button while either adding Face ID
or a new Touch ID power button allowing for a bigger screen like the iPhone X.
With that of course upgraded hardware like cameras, instead of super old parts from the
iphone 8 which gets absolutely smoked even by the cheaper Pixel 4a which has already been replaced.
And with that, a full spec upgrade across the board was expected to finally make it competitive,
and since it's going to be around for a long time it could include magsafe
which has been a game changing feature of the newest phone.
Of course it would still have an LCD display and use budget components but priced at $399
and looking like a smaller iPhone XR it would be enough to pull people away from
android and get them to upgrade from older iphones, but nope.
But DylanDKT recently updated his tweet from last year on the iPhone SE giving us the bad
news that this model has been pushed back until 2024, two thousand and freaking 24.
That means that this upcoming SE will feature the same size that we’ve had for 8 years now,
and with most of the components being from the iPhone 8. Now sure the processor will
be updated to the A15 Bionic which is crazy for a $399 phone but honestly
the a13 is still more than powerful enough for everyone buying it.
Now this CPU will help with battery life a bit which is good since the current SE only lasted
3 hours and 38min in mr whos the bosses latest test, and even the 13 mini almost twice as long.
But can it really help enough since the biggest headline feature, the addition
of 5G sucks more power than the current LTE, and the battery will likely be the same tiny
one where the competitors like the budget pixel have batteries over twice the size.
To me this just proves Apple is just making this change to market the buzzword 5G
for those that still want to keep touch ID and the classic design they are used to,
and to stop using the A13 and put the A15 chip into more products which streamlines and reduces
costs, which will be important for the surprise launch that will likely take the A14 processor
from the next product that will be launched, the iPad Air 5, which is a much needed update.
Coming into india with two new model numbers, the Air 5 will replace the
4 which has aged super fast even though it's the first non pro ipad to use the square edged design.
Even when it launched we told people to consider buying an old 2018 iPad pro instead
for not much more because of everything extra it offered
like 120hz promotion display, higher brightness, quad speaker system, and more.
And once the new M1 iPad Pro’s came out the difference in features and performance was
even bigger with the 8 core processor and graphics, much faster storage, thunderbolt
4 being built in, more and better cameras and microphones including the ultrawide centerstage
feature, and double the storage for only $200 more.
And if that wasn’t bad enough, soon after that Apple updated their other iPads
which also included the center stage camera even for the $329
iPad, and the Mini 6 finally got the same new design but one upped the Air with better cameras,
mics, and a flash, along with the new A15 processor for $100 less than the air.
At this point the only reason to buy the Air is if you absolutely have to have a new design iPad
with a big screen and it has to be at that price point and brand new instead of used,
because other than that, right now you'd be better off with pretty much
any other ipad, so how is Apple going to fix that?
Well first off it's pretty obvious that it will get the A15 just like the SE,
and with that 5G support to keep up with the pack.
According to Mac Otakara, the new Air will also get the 12MP Ultra-Wide selfie camera with Center
Stage support and Quad-LED true tone flash, which is also a given since the cheaper mini has this.
Now What's not expected but could come, are quad-speakers instead of
the current dual speakers hidden behind 4 grills, and Mac Otakara also mentioned
that it could be getting the same Lidar and dual-camera setup as the Pro’s models have.
All of this is really required to make it competitive and worth
it. Personally I’d like it to come with more than the sad 64GB of storage
and then a big price jump to 256GB, but chances are slim.
Unfortunately, the other leaks that we saw like the Oled display that Digitimes
claimed would come in early 2022 have been delayed
and this ipad will stick to the same LCD Screen with limited contrast and brightness.
So what about the third and final new product that was registered and is now being tested
in India with the model numbers A2757 and A2761? Well, reports are that this is an
ipad and some people were speculating that it could be a different size of the air, but that
makes no sense, and other said it could be the mini-led version of the 11” iPad but that also
wouldn’t make sense since that will likely cause a price hike like we got with the 12.9” Model,
and we already have info on this ipad launching in the fall with updated M2 processors.
The verdict seems to be that this surprise iPad is a replacement to the 9th generation
iPad that launched less than 5 months ago, But how the heck is this possible,
Why would Apple replace a perfectly good iPad that just came out only 6 months later?
Well, there could be a few reasons. First off, Apple has actually done this before, but it's
been about 10 years. In 2012 they launched the third generation iPad in the spring and then
just half a year later they replaced it with the ipad 4 which made a lot of people upset. This ipad
looked identical but packed more powerful hardware like the A6X processor, significantly better front
cameras, and the two most important features being connectivity, both wired and wireless.
The 4th gen ipad got airplay and worldwide 4G modem which was a big deal,
and with that we are definitely expecting this updated ipad to also feature 5G. Now personally
I don’t think this is a big deal at all and certainly not
worth replacing an iPad especially just 6 months later so there has to be more.
The other feature the 4th gen got was the lightning port,
finally getting rid of the 30 pin connector, and if we look at what's happening now,
Apple is finally close to moving over to USB-C, this being the last ipad to have lightning,
and with pressure from europe and rumors that the iPhone will start getting rid of it,
I’d love to see Apple finish the job and bring usb-c to this iPad.
With that said, if that's the case will the budget iPad also get the redesign treatment
and have a modern clean look and likely a price hike to $399.
Well as we know Apple has been on a tick tock cycle for many years with their budget ipads,
upgrading them every single year with one update being internal with processor updates and the
following year making a physical change like going from a 9.7” design to the current 10.2”.
With that long standing trend, this past september Apple should have kept the A12 SOC
and instead upgraded the design to the 10.5” body from the Air 3,
but they didn’t and for the first time the broke that trend and instead gave us the A13
which no one really asked for, the better front cameras, and finally 64GB of storage.
All those leaks of Apple finally ditching the non-laminated display had merit though,
and we personally believe that everything was pushed back
just like the OLED iPad Air and redesigned iPhone SE.
There are just too many parts shortages and price hikes going on right now
so it would make sense for them to consolidate parts and wait on such big changes,
so even though I would love a full redesign for the budget iPad this most likely isn’t it.
With that said, even though the difference from 10.2 inches to 10.5” isn’t big,
having that high quality laminated display is going to be significant with better brightness
and much less reflections and better apple pencil performance. With that, the 10th gen
iPad can take the A14 chip from the Air and add 5G becoming a weird but worthwhile update.
So why would Apple do this just 6 months later? Well the last few years Apple has been launching
iPad Pro’s in early spring and budget iPads close to iPhone season, but as I mentioned, this year we
are expecting the iPad Pro in the fall along with a ton of other Apple products, so that might be
why they are flipping the budget iPad as well back to spring time like they used to have.
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